Two soldiers killed in an ‘unprovoked’ attack in Kashmir

by Our Foreign Desk
PAKISTAN said yesterday that Indian forces killed two of its troops in a cross-border attack that New Delhi claimed was a “surgical strike” against “terrorist launch pads.”
Islamabad said two of its soldiers had been killed and nine injured by “unprovoked” fire from Indian forces on the other side of the border dividing the disputed province of Kashmir.
Indian army operations director Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh said: “Significant casualties were caused to the terrorists and those who support them.”
Gen Singh said he had shared details of the strikes with his... read more

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